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Wednesday, 28 January 2015

The
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC),Muhammadu Buharihas reportedly said that President Goodluck Jonathandoes not have the will to stopBoko Haram.

Buhari is said to have made the
statement duringa meeting with the US Secretary of State,John Kerryon
Sunday, January 25.

A source told Punch that the former
Head of State also revealed the strategies he would employ in ending insecurity
in Nigeria if elected.

The strategies include the
elimination of corruption, transparency in the management of defence budgets
and an overhaul of the nation’s security sector.

“Kerry said the US was interested in someone that could curb the
Boko Haram menace. He said the concern of President Barack Obama was that
terrorism should not spread beyond the North-East as it seemed to be doing so
gradually. Kerry asked what the strategy of the APC would be in fighting
insecurity,”the
source said.

Buhari also reportedly told Kerry
that the Goodluck Jonathan administration had spent billions of dollars on
defence and that most of the money had been diverted by those in power.

The APC candidate also identified
that there was something wrong with the intelligence-gathering mechanism of the
military.

‘Boko
Haram members are not ghosts but that they were gaining ground
because the security agencies had been compromised,'Buhari reportedly said.

He also “promised to ensure that
every kobo spent on security would be accounted for as this would ensure that
our soldiers get the appropriate equipment and have their morale boosted.”

Other members of the APC who were
present at the meeting are said to have urged Kerry tospeak against the postponement
of the General Electionswhich
wassuggested by National Security
Adviser(NSA),Sambo Dasuki.